At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; the Director-General of the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Mr. José Graziano da Silva; the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Mr. Tedros…
You will no doubt notice, Mr. President, that I am very pleased today to not be speaking alone in an open meeting of the Security Council, as is usually the case. As a result, as I said, we are quite pleased to be in such good company this morning vis-à-vis our membership.
I would like to thank Mr.…
I would like to welcome the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ms. María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, and express on behalf of Uruguay our great satisfaction at the adoption by unanimity of resolution 2366 (2017). We also congratulate and thank the United Kingdom for the successful negotiation of t…
We too thank the delegations of the United States, Japan and Korea for having called this meeting; Mr. Jenča for his briefing; and especially you, Mr. President, not only for
your responsiveness in convening this meeting, but also for making this briefing open to the entire membership. This is too …
I join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, and your delegation for bringing this item to the attention of the Security Council, and in particular for guiding the process that led to the adoption of resolution 2365 (2017) — for your transparency and inclusiveness and for providing early draf…
Since this is the final formal meeting of the Council under your stewardship, Mr. President, I thank you and would like to heartily congratulate you, on behalf of my delegation, on the excellent work you have done this month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2017/53…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for the presentation of the third report (S/2017/515) of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I am also grateful for the briefings provided by Ambassador Cardi, Permanent Representative of Italy a…
Uruguay voted in favour of resolution 2364 (2017), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). However, Uruguay wishes to express its concern about two aspects that I wish to discuss in detail. One aspect is procedural, the othe…
I would first like to thank Mr. O’Brien once again for his comprehensive briefing and for the years he has put in at the helm of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), working with unceasing
courage at his humanitarian task, which we would like to highlight and for which we…
First of all, I would like to thank the briefers — Ms. Nakamitsu and Mr. Ballard — for their valuable presentations. Likewise, I thank you, Sir, as President of the Council, for organizing this open debate and for providing us with a very interesting concept note, as well as the information that you…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, and the Permanent Representative of Sweden and Chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Olof Skoog, for their comprehensive briefings.
Uruguay congratulates the Government and the peo…
There is no doubt that the crisis in Syria is one of the most serious topics under consideration by the Security Council. That is why my delegation, which represents an elected member of the Security Council, understands that it has a duty to share its opinion on such a grave international issue wit…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan, Mr. Yamamoto, for his comprehensive briefing. We also thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2017/508), which reflects the complex situation that Afghanistan continues to face, as well as for his recent visit to t…
We would like to express our gratitude for the briefings that we have just heard from the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and from the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and South Sudan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom. We would like to thank them …
I thank all of the briefers for their contributions this morning, particularly the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, and I assure him of the full support of Uruguay in carrying out his work.
Uruguay welcomes the presentation of the second report on the im…
Allow me to begin by thanking the Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Burundi configuration, our colleague Ambassador Jürg Lauber, for their respective briefings.
Uruguay reiterates its concern at the curre…
First and foremost, Uruguay would like to express its solidarity with the Governments of Colombia, Mali and
the United Kingdom in the light of the attacks that have taken place in those countries recently. We extend our deepest condolences to the relatives of the victims.
I thank the Chair of the …
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of…
At the outset, we join with others in extending condolences to our Chinese colleagues.
We welcome today’s briefing on an issue that is key to the work of the Security Council. We also thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Mr. Chergui and Mr. Kaberuka for their briefings.
Uruguay notes the developm…
I too thank Ms. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The use of chemical weapons, wherever it may take place, is a serious threat to international peace and security, as well as a grave violation of international
law. Uruguay therefore condemns in the most emphatic terms any use of toxic chemicals as weapo…
